Combat Core

only played an hour so far, but it's left a good first impression, the character creator might not have thousands of minuscule details, but it actually lets you make an interesting character, gameplay is fun from what I've played and allows for a nice variety of play-styles, Art style is also visually appealing. Would certainly recommend.

All my people old enough to remember playing Power Stone faithfully and to ALL my people that loved trying out random games in the PS2 Era and possibly fell upon Urban Reign. This game is a Devs love letter to me. People that loved the old Arena fighters SUCH AS Power Stone and Urban Reign; with the combo's, quirky powers, fully animated characters, etc. My ONLY 2 complaints with this game (If you even want to call them complaints) Is I wish people would see it for what it is and go crazy online AND it needs some real maps/stages and not the Battle Simulator vibe, stages.

But aside from that I love this game and I appreciate the Devs for doing what they did with it! Hopefully one day it will be a random surge of players on this, like what happened with Among Us. Who knows. Again Devs, I appreciate your vision with this game. You did great with this title, especially with the battle mechanics being well polished and the customization with the characters!

The music is cool and the designs are pretty nice. Kinda wish there were more levels though. Gameplay is cool too. I wish you could import your own assets for the custom character though. The parts they give aren't that great and I could personally stand to just import my own. Very weird not being able to use the standard character parts as options honestly. Otherwise the gameplay was not really bad.


It definitely could have used a tutorial but I kinda just figured out the parry and dodge mechanics from playing.

One of the best vr Fighting games my only regrets are no paying dlc or updates since long time i hope at less a combat core 2 ....

As much as this game is inspired by Rumble Fighter (an old game that came out a decade ago) i am amazed to see how developers had actually put their time on the game.

The level details are fine. Seemed a bit like megaman'ish. Fighting mechanics are a kind of similar to RF.

I could tell you how much i use to rock types of game like this in my younger age but now i couldn't fall back into that much.

Anyway, great game. I applaud to the team. Dont care if it is done solo. You got a long way to go my friend. Do not give up.

development for game is at a halt, discarded and or trashed, in fact the current version of game isn't fun... it's really bad...

how so you ask?
1; i asked developers on the forums 3 separate times, when is full game release?? they lied and lied and lied, then they deleted the forum threads to cover up their lies. the full version of this game was suppose to be out early this year, did it?
the developers are liars.

2; the game itself is so bad, the controls are beyond clunky, the mechanics are sooooooooooo badly made, the combo system is worse than tera's spacebar combo nonsense that every reaper used.
the games mechanic overall for a arena styled fighter is the worse i've seen.. it's soooooooo bad!!! sooooooooo bad!! the mechanics are so bad that it's like they stole the movement/ jump mechanics from the game Hover and didn't adjust it to non skating... it's so bad i can't even describe how bad the mechanics are (in any form of a nice manner)... it's so badddddd i wouldn't accept money to play this piece of work...

SIDE NOTES;
this isn't the worse game on my games list, but this game DEFINITELY DEFEATS the game Zombie Playground for BAD MECHANICS!! and zombie playground is a VERY broken game that is absolutely TRASH.. how does a TRASH game have better mechanics??????

WARNING; this game is #1 on my games list for clunky trash mechanics. you've been warned.

TL;DR: Just play Storm or something.

Pros:
-An actual indie arena fighter for once
-Graphics look good
-Voices are okay
-Game isn't overly buggy.

Cons:
-Literally no movement options. No dash, no double jump, no jump cancels, no dodge, just jog and jump once.
-Literally no combat options. You get X/Y auto combos, grab, special, and super. That's it.
-The roster isn't that big. It wouldn't be an issue if the gameplay had more variety though.
-I'm not a fan of generic dubstep. The OST overall doesn't sound action-y, akin to the worst tracks from Street Fighter 4.
-Sound effects just feel weak, they remind me of Shaq Fu
-Why can't you exit certain menus with B? You specifically have to hover over "main menu" and press A.

This game is definitely has some good ideas, but falls flat on its head with an overall lack of content and gameplay depth.

Ooooooh boy. Here we go.
Here's the thing: As an idea, Combat Core is a really interesting and fun idea for a fighting game. It has a nice, well rounded roster, its controls are....decent, considering a large amount of it is mapped to the mouse for some reason. The voice acting is good. And hey, Zetto and Kizuna from the Terrain of Magical Expertise are here! That's great! But there's still a hell of a lot of flaws. The framerate, for one, is all over the place, especially in certain stages that have a lot going on. A lot of the supers are really tough to combat and easy to spam (Looking at you, Mist.) And this game dosen't offer much in the way of introducing concepts besides a simplistic set of instructions. I'm sure this, along with some other minor issues, will be patched out, since this game is essentially fresh from the oven. So overall, despite a few rough spots, I would still highly reccomend this game. Especially for old TOME fans. Battle on!

My original review is below, and for early access.

So, upon reflection, I don't think I can recommend this. The stages are all way too similar, the combat isn't actually terribly deep... the game just fails to draw you in. It's boring, plain and simple.

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I got this on a whim. I'm a very long time fan of Samus in melee, so when I saw the Ares character I was like "alright I'll give it a try." And I played as Ares for a while. But then I found out there was a character creator... oh boy did I have fun in that.
I made the tallest dude possible and gave him a gerald from hey arnold haircut, made everything on him the brightest gold I could and made all his moves as extra (lingo extra for the uninitiated, look it up) as possible.

The fighting is fun, it could stand to have one more attack or something, it's missing just oooone extra bit of required effort by the player I think. Maybe. Or maybe I just need to try and focus on the combat depth a bit more... probably that, because when I put the AI level on anything but "embarrassingly low" I get walloped.

The AI is good, I like it. Much better than smash bros AI...

The stages need some color variety please. I can only look at vaguely blue green lights for so long before I want something else. Also there need to be more of them, but I imagine that's coming.

Since there is no known context like in smash bros, some bios on these people, a teensy bit of plot would be nice. I like to have some vague knowledge of who I am and who I'm fighting so there's a point. Except my custom character, I know his story. His objective is to be the most flamboyant teleporting scorpion-chain from MK-using flippy kicks motherfvcker in the galaxy, and boy does he succeed.

I'll definitely play this whenever I get that smash bros itch. But please, some color and environment variety so the game doesn't get stale after like 5 hours. Also maybe some of the characters should be less "kid in baggy suit" ish? I get one, but four (three? idk it was more than one which is too many). That's fine really since there are like 20 characters (+1 fabulous man).

Overall, if you like smash bros, you'll enjoy this. I can tell there's depth there and am eager to master it. There's the right amount of silliness and seriousness. I just need a reason to be beating these people up.

Very good, looking forward to a completed product.

First game in a loooooong time that I've returned. I can see where they might be going with this game but it's a long ways off I right now. Incredibly small arsenal of moves with barely any depth of gameplay. While the arenas look super cool at first glance, they're nearly indistinguishable. Creating a fighter is a nightmare and is just a mash up of the same set of moves. I know it's early access but I just don't see what they are going to add in the future here that's going to make this come together. This seems like a pretty first draft demo to me.

Awesome cohesive soundtrack. Booooooo basically everything else.

gameplay is dull, haphazard, and lacking any depth, no potential for a competitive meta-game Character custimazion is awful, and customized characters appearance looks like a bad fan drawing compared to other actual characters

Super Smash Bros. since its debut on the n64 has made an impact on the battle world. I can still play the original Super Smash on n64 and be pretty happy with the game. For whatever reason, I never thought about what if Super Smash was in three dimensions. I guess this is why Combat Core exists. In essence, Combat Core feels like Fighting Force 64 meets Smash sort of meets Dragon Ball Xenoverse. There is a lot of potential here, but there is also a bit of work and organization to do. Remember - do your homework as this is in early access!

Combat Core's gameplay is at best neutral/ok. I cannot say its bad because there were efforts to make the deliver of the attacks unique, but I can't say its good either because I feel a little more variety needs to be added as well as fluidity. The basic movement system allows the player move along a three dimensional plane and jump to different heights in the battling levels, so jumping is possible. While in the air, players can attack. However, at the moment (I hope), players cannot really string combinations together with air attacks. The attacks work in what seems like a four combination scheme. There are two types of attacks : light attacks and heavy attacks. The same attack animation does not happen unless you do the same combination. The game does have highlights of cool battle, but sometimes it feels like whoever button mashes the most will win. I certainly don't like that and do like a bit of dynamic and challenge when playing these sort of games. Melee had that fade/dodge - this also has dodge but not to the degree that Smash had it. From what I understood from the semi-tutorial, you can mix up the light and heavy attacks to delivered a somewhat varied combo. Objects or weapons are also available in game. You can throw objects and hit other characters with objects. When you launch objects, they are automatically thrown at the opponents. Some people may like this, I would prefer more control over how hard I can throw instead of having a linear system in place.

The characters have different abilities and skill sets. Speed, health and power are a few qualities that will determine your characters abilities. Bigger characters are generally slower and pack more of a punch whereas smaller characters are faster, but do less damage. In the character selection screen, players can choose what type of core to give their character. Cores will allow players to modify the characters stats to favor their playing type (so power over speed or speed over power). Cores allow the players to use their power-up burst move that delivers quite a bit of damage. If you hold down the heavy hit button, this will activate the start of the move. I tried looking more into how everything works. The how to play introduction is a bit rocky. It does explain some of the aspects of the game by showing you the button and animation in a small video. Issue is some of these videos freeze or go white and don't repeat or can seldom freeze the game. Not only that, specials aren't specifically demonstrated. Meaning the button combination required to make it happen isn't really shown. It would be nice having a training tutorial walk-through to help familiarize the player with the game and its specials.

The visuals are okay at the moment. The levels sort of follow a transparent 3D single color neon look. I hope they add some color and some more objects to the game. I think adding more break-able objects would also deliver a better gameplay and visual experience. I love the stage design for the fact they've made levels in which players can go up and down, but players can't really get knocked off the heights or off the stage. I think its good players cannot fall off the stage, but at the same time it takes away from the excitement of throwing someone off a height (in a virtual world of course :D). The sounds are ok for the most part and the commentators are okay. Their opinions are not too varied at the moment, but that is understandable as the game is incomplete (and the gameplay is a lot more important than this). I think adding more effects or special effects for certain attacks would engage the player a lot more into the game.

Overall, a decent start to an early access game. It's fun and has a cool model with local and multiplayer game-play, but why not push to reach new potentials? I think there are a few suggestions the game would benefit from. One suggestion I would add is a third attack button. This could be in the form of evasion and attack or even better - a counter. I think the game would greatly benefit from such a feature. Also, consider having a second special - maybe something completely different from the first - or allow the player to choose? I would also continue to work on the movement. Even though switching and turning on a dime is awesome, it would make players think twice how they move knowing that it might take half a second for the character to properly change animations from getting traction to attacking. I'm neutral about this game and do like it, but I think the price is a little steep at the moment. I would definitely do your research on this one.


EARLY ACCESS RATING : 6.85/10


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This is a good game even though it's still in Early Access.

The only things I find bad are:

- no one is online for multi. player

- broken skill sets (aka broken spam ability)

- once you get chained, it's impossible to get out of it

^^^ countering system is very hard. Like you have to get it exactly correct or 0.1 - 0.2 seconds off in order to counter (which does no damage btw, only makes an opening for you to counter attack) in a fast pace gameplay setting :/


The good things about this game:

- fast pace brawling kind of gameplay

- very fun when you play against your own skill level

- more cool stuff still coming

It's hella fun and there's a lot of depth to the brawling, but the game is pretty much barebones since it's an Early Access title. There's not really much incentive to play yet since there's just Free For All and Team Stock Battle with players or bots, and a good character creator with everything unlocked.

Game needs A LOT of balancing. The character Jondo has seriously OP attacks and the Shield weapon is unfair with autoguard and return throw.

I really like the game so I hope it gets more balanced in the future.

Amazing...love the charecter editer...game play is fun...but plz add more clothing items.searisly if play as a girl you only have two options for shirts...and if u can add more hair styles

But all in all i cant wait for more updates...this game keeps gatting better
this is realy fun...if your a fighting game fan this is a must...online is gonna be awsome..
its cheep and its fun for every type of gamer

see ya on the combat core battle field...

So, im a little bit mixed on this game. I do recommend it. Its entertaining and if you have a group of friends over then it is a lot of fun. I definitely dont think its worth the current pice though!

If you are trying to find something to fill that Powerstone hole in your life then this helps. There is another game out here on steam called Lastfight and i like it better than this one.

A great 3d arena brawler, Combat Core has the "pick up and play" accessibility of a party game while providing room for a lot of technical depth once you understand how the various mechanics work. Fights involve 2-4 players and uses the character stock system similar to Super Smash Bros..

Basic combat involves utilizing weapons, grabs, quick combo strings and core attacks to deal damage to your opponent; as a party game this is enough to ensure a good time if you just want to beat down your friends in a few matches. However, once you understand how the parry and defensive roll mechanics work the technical game opens up considerably.

Parrying is a technique that allows players to completely reverse momentum when successfully executed, even during a combo string! This is an incredibly powerful tool because it means that attempting to land combos is incredibly difficult as the defender can choose to parry at any point during the chain; if you're not using this you are missing out on the strongest defensive option in the game.

As a counter to this incredibly powerful defensive option we have core attacks, heavy attacks and grabs. Core attacks are special abilities that require energy to use and cannot be parried, heavy attacks are abilities with delayed start-up that have the ability to bait and punish attempts to parry a combo string and grabs cannot be parried at all.

This results in a series of mind games where the attacker attempts to bait and punish parries during his combo string while the defender needs to guess whether to parry or anticipate and evade an attack meant to bait his parry. It gets much deeper when you consider the different combo strings, heavy and core attacks for each character, so I'll avoid trying to get too heavily into it. Just rest assured that the game is much deeper than a simple button masher.

The overall aesthetic feels good with music fitting the tron-style design of the stages and setting. Each character has its own personality with moves and sound bites to match.

As for negatives, it is an early access game with a heavy emphasis on fine tuning the combat first. The UI and character models need polish, game modes are fairly limited, stages are limited and need polish, there's a limited number of weapons, the character editor needs work, along with all the bugs and glitches that normally show up in an early access game. However, there's a lot to love even now and the dev is very active and receptive to feedback; he regularly responds to comments in the steam discussion forum and even chats in the discord channel.

If you're a fan of arena brawlers and fighting games in general, Combat Core is worth a look. While deceptively simple, it provides a lot of customization and depth for both players looking for a good brawl and those that like to play with a more competitive mindset.

Just found this gem, pretty fun. It is early, but still a blast to play. Going to keep a close eye on this one and see how it develops. Would like to see more options for the creator, but it is early. Great job to the creators of this game, keep it up.

Honest Review : Very addictive and Solid gameplay.

after recent update,
combat core became one of my favorite game.
I currently have so many fighting games such as
street fighter 5, King of fighters 14, Virtual Fighter 5 Live Arena,
Smash bros for Wii U, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Mortal Kombat XL,
Injustice, Soul Calibur 5, Guilty Gear Xrd Revelation, Blaz Blue. and so on.

OK. Combat Core is not the best fighting game but,
I can tell you that it is the most addictive game.
Control is very nice - Very smooth and intuitive and also easy.
even for people who don't like fighting games (because they are difficult)
combat core is easy to control.
but gameplay is not just simple. there are so many environments and items
to use and care, and you can make tons of combinations by equipping different kinds
of combat core. and it definitely affects players' gameplay style. and it allows strategic
gameplay. now sound effect also is cool, music is super nice.
( + you can also create your own character)

and VR experience is just amazing.
I am sure that combat core is definitely the best VR game (which played with controller)
on Steam VR. it is totally different experience from monitor play.
it feels like I am controlling mini combat figures just in front of eyes.
it is super immersive and realistic gameplay even though there is little annoying
issues. (soon will be fixed) for me, combat core is one of the best VR game so far.

if you like fighting games and have VR - MUST BUY.
if you like fighting games and have NO VR - STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
If you don't like fighting games and have VR - RECOMMENDED
If you don't like fighting games and have no VR - JUST TRY. you can refund if you don't like.

Graphic - 7/10 (Getting Better!)
Sound Effect - 8/10
Music - 9/10
Gameplay - 9/10
UI and Designs - 8/10
VR Exprience - 10/10

Overall
8.5 out of 10 - Very Nice